scruple 音標拼音: [skr'upəl]
n . 躊躇,猶豫,微量
vi . 躊躇,有顧忌
躊躇,猶豫,微量躊躇,有顧忌
scruple n 1 :
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains 2 :
uneasiness about the fitness of an action [
synonym : {
scruple },
{
qualm }, {
misgiving }]
3 :
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action v 1 :
hesitate on moral grounds ; "
The man scrupled to perjure himself "
2 :
raise scruples ; "
He lied and did not even scruple about it "
3 :
have doubts about Scruple \
Scru "
ple \,
v .
t .
1 .
To regard with suspicion ;
to hesitate at ;
to question .
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Others long before them . . .
scrupled more the books of heretics than of gentiles . --
Milton .
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2 .
To excite scruples in ;
to cause to scruple . [
R .]
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Letters which did still scruple many of them . --
E .
Symmons .
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Scruple \
Scru "
ple \,
n . [
L .
scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone ,
the twenty -
fourth part of an ounce ,
a scruple ,
uneasiness ,
doubt ,
dim .
of scrupus a rough or sharp stone ,
anxiety ,
uneasiness ;
perh .
akin to Gr . ?
the chippings of stone , ?
a razor ,
Skr .
kshura :
cf .
F .
scrupule .]
1 .
A weight of twenty grains ;
the third part of a dram .
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2 .
Hence ,
a very small quantity ;
a particle .
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I will not bate thee a scruple . --
Shak .
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3 .
Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient ;
unwillingness ,
doubt ,
or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience .
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He was made miserable by the conflict between his tastes and his scruples . --
Macaulay .
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{
To make scruple },
to hesitate from conscientious motives ;
to scruple . --
Locke .
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Scruple \
Scru "
ple \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scrupled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Scrupling }.]
To be reluctant or to hesitate ,
as regards an action ,
on account of considerations of conscience or expedience .
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We are often over -
precise ,
scrupling to say or do those things which lawfully we may . --
Fuller .
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Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship . --
South .
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235 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scruple ":
Pyrrhonism ,
ace ,
apprehension ,
atom ,
awake a doubt ,
back down ,
balance ,
balk ,
balk at ,
bashfulness ,
be diffident ,
be doubtful ,
be dubious ,
be skeptical ,
be uncertain ,
beef ,
better self ,
bit ,
bitch ,
blench ,
boggle ,
boggling ,
boycott ,
call in question ,
challenge ,
complain ,
complaint ,
compunction ,
conscience ,
conscientiousness ,
contest ,
cry out against ,
dab ,
debate ,
deliberate ,
demonstrate ,
demonstrate against ,
demonstration ,
demur ,
demurral ,
demurrer ,
diffidence ,
discomfort ,
dispute ,
distrust ,
distrustfulness ,
dole ,
dot ,
doubt ,
doubtfulness ,
dram ,
dribble ,
driblet ,
dubiety ,
dubiousness ,
dwarf ,
enter a protest ,
exception ,
expostulate ,
expostulation ,
falter ,
faltering ,
farthing ,
fastidiousness ,
fear ,
fight shy of ,
fleck ,
flinch ,
flyspeck ,
fragment ,
fret ,
gag ,
gobbet ,
grain ,
granule ,
greet with skepticism ,
grievance ,
grievance committee ,
groat ,
hair ,
half believe ,
half -
belief ,
handful ,
hang back ,
hang off ,
harbor suspicions ,
have qualms ,
have reservations ,
hem and haw ,
hesitance ,
hesitancy ,
hesitate ,
hesitation ,
hold off ,
holler ,
hover ,
howl ,
hum and haw ,
indignation meeting ,
iota ,
jib ,
jot ,
kick ,
leeriness ,
little ,
little bit ,
lota ,
make bones about ,
march ,
meticulousness ,
minim ,
minimum ,
minutiae ,
misdoubt ,
misgive ,
misgiving ,
mistrust ,
mistrustfulness ,
mite ,
modesty ,
modicum ,
molecule ,
mote ,
nonviolent protest ,
nutshell ,
object ,
objection ,
ounce ,
overconscientiousness ,
overscrupulousness ,
pangs ,
pangs of conscience ,
particle ,
pause ,
pebble ,
picket ,
picketing ,
pinch ,
pittance ,
point ,
point of honor ,
ponder ,
press objections ,
pricking of heart ,
protest ,
protest demonstration ,
protestation ,
pull back ,
punctilio ,
punctiliousness ,
quail ,
qualm ,
qualm of conscience ,
qualmishness ,
qualms ,
query ,
question ,
raise a howl ,
raise a question ,
rally ,
recoil ,
reconsideration ,
reluctance ,
remonstrance ,
remonstrate ,
remonstration ,
retreat ,
scrap ,
scruples ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
second thought ,
second thoughts ,
self -
doubt ,
shadow of doubt ,
shilly -
shally ,
shred ,
shrink ,
shrink from ,
shrinking ,
shy ,
shy at ,
shyness ,
sit in ,
sit -
in ,
skepticalness ,
skepticism ,
smell a rat ,
smidgen ,
smitch ,
speck ,
spoonful ,
spot ,
squawk ,
squeamishness ,
state a grievance ,
stick ,
stick at ,
stickle ,
stickling ,
stop to consider ,
straddle the fence ,
strain ,
strain at ,
strike ,
stumble ,
suspect ,
suspicion ,
suspiciousness ,
teach in ,
teach -
in ,
thimbleful ,
think twice about ,
throes ,
throw doubt upon ,
tiny bit ,
tittle ,
total skepticism ,
touch of conscience ,
treat with reserve ,
trifling amount ,
trivia ,
twinge of conscience ,
uncertainty ,
uneasiness ,
vacillate ,
voice of conscience ,
wariness ,
waver ,
whit ,
wince ,
withdraw ,
worry ,
yell bloody murder ,
yield
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